Sunday, March 15, 2009

Cleaving Gertrude Stein




The Making of Gay Americans

“One of her chapters in The Making
of Americans begins: I write for
myself and strangers.”
—Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography
of Alice B. Toklas

The making of gay americans is something a lot of americans know all about—the making of gay americans is something a lot of americans don’t want to know about—the making of americans is something americans know a lot about and something they don’t want to know a lot about—but what about gay americans and this knowing or not knowing about the making of gay americans—do gay americans want to know about gay americans anymore—because many americans think that’s a moot question for most of america now—especially moot for Metrosexual americans—which is to say these Metrosexual americans don’t particularly care or get excited about being gay anymore—they’re too busy making a living and being Metrosexual in big metropolises like New York City and Los Angels and San Francisco—which is to say they pretty much take being gay for granted—like so many other metropolitan americans now—so that being mainstream and invisible is simply a part of being american whatever—instead of being ghettoized—but then what’s new with that—every minority goes thru it—exile, ghetto, then what—denigration, self-consciousness, pride—followed by what?—the making of metro americana—like any other making of americans—the making of gay americans into something totally bourgeois—like getting a job getting married getting laid getting divorced getting dead getting kids—the deconstruction of ghetto-consciousness—the urbanization of gay parades and bookstores and ghettos and neighborhoods—the acclamation and schmaltzification of making of gay americans into the making of something else—something beyond families and jobs and homes and cemeteries—something that redefines what the GLBT alphabet soup means—because gay metro-americans are metropolis-minded—which is to say that intergenerational prejudice, struggle and interracial die-off of wrinklies from previous generations—makes the making of gay americans into something new—something autobiographical like the autobiography of alice b. toklas—written by her lover gertrude stein—when writing for oneself is like living for oneself—when one lives and writes for oneself—and strangers—making of gay americans into something new—something autobiographical like the autobiography of alice b. toklas—written by her lover gertrude stein—when writing for oneself is like living for oneself—when one lives and writes for oneself—and strangers of gay americans into the making of something else—something beyond families and jobs and homes and cemeteries—something that redefines what the GLBT alphabet soup means—because gay metro-americans are metropolis-minded—which is to say that intergenerational prejudice, struggle and interracial die-off of wrinklies from previous generations—makes the americana—like any other making of americans—the making of gay americans into something totally bourgeois—like getting a job getting married getting laid getting divorced getting dead getting kids—the deconstruction of ghetto-consciousness—the urbanization of gay parades and bookstores and ghettos and neighborhoods—the acclamation and schmaltzification of making being gay fore granted—like so many other metropolitan americans now—so that being mainstream and invisible is simply a part of being american whatever—instead of being ghettoized—but then what’s new with that—every minority goes thru it—exile, ghetto, then what—denigration, self-consciousness, pride—followed by what?—the making of metro americans—which is to say these Metrosexual americans don’t particularly care or get excited about being gay anymore—they’re too busy making a living and being Metrosexual in big metropolises like New York City and Los Angels and San Francisco—which is to say they pretty much take to know a lot about—but what about gay americans and this knowing or not knowing about the making of gay americans—do gay americans want to know about gay americans anymore—because many americans think that’s a moot question for most of america now—especially moot for Metrosexual The making of gay americans is something a lot of americans know all about—the making of gay americans is something a lot of americans don’t want to know about—the making of americans is something americans know a lot about and something they don’t want—of americans know all about—the making of gay americans is something a lot of americans don’t want to know about—the making of americans is something americans know a lot about and something they don’t want and this knowing or not knowing about the making of gay americans—do gay americans want to know about gay americans anymore—because many americans think that’s a moot question for most of america now—especially moot for Metrosexual The making of gay americans is something a lot care or get excited about being gay anymore—they’re too busy making a living and being Metrosexual in big metropolises like New York City and Los Angels and San Francisco—which is to say they pretty much take to know a lot about—but what about gay americans now—so that being mainstream and invisible is simply a part of being american whatever—instead of being ghettoized—but then what’s new with that—every minority goes thru it—exile, ghetto, then what—denigration, self-consciousness, pride—followed by what?—the making of metro americans—which is to say these Metrosexual americans don’t particularly americans into something totally bourgeois—like getting a job getting married getting laid getting divorced getting dead getting kids—the deconstruction of ghetto-consciousness—the urbanization of gay parades and bookstores and ghettos and neighborhoods—the acclamation and schmaltzification of making being gay fore granted—like so many other metropolitan americans beyond families and jobs and homes and cemeteries—something that redefines what the GLBT alphabet soup means—because gay metro-americans are metropolis-minded—which is to say that intergenerational prejudice, struggle and interracial die-off of wrinklies from previous generations—makes the americana—like any other making of americans—the making of gay making of gay americans into something new—something autobiographical like the autobiography of alice b. toklas—written by her lover gertrude stein—when writing for oneself is like living for oneself—when one lives and writes for oneself—and strangers of gay americans into the making of something else—something happens—what is it?




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